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Definition of Aunt Sally in English: Aunt SallynounPlural Aunt Sallies ɑːnt ˈsaliˌænt ˈsæli mass noun1A game played in some parts of Britain in which players throw sticks or balls at a wooden dummy. （英国某些地区流行的以棒或球掷向木偶的）投掷萨利大婶游戏 - 1.1count noun A dummy used in the game of Aunt Sally.
（投掷萨利大婶游戏中的木偶）萨利大婶 - 1.2count noun A person or thing set up as an easy target for criticism.
today's landowner is everyone's Aunt Sally Example sentencesExamples - It appears obvious to me, that Mr Normal has neither the ego nor the wish to become an Aunt Sally, at whom all and sundry are entitled to throw their posies or brickbats.
- It's a respectable CV, but in his native land he's something of an Aunt Sally.
- As far as the placebo issue is concerned I believe they are using the Food and Drug Administration as an Aunt Sally.
- First opponents of change construct an Aunt Sally, grossly misrepresenting it.
- It's an example of the way in which the British royalty have become an Aunt Sally.
- He said he felt people in public life would always be ‘an Aunt Sally for the public’.
- It may be true that it acted merely as a proxy, an Aunt Sally for fears about enlargement, unemployment, immigration and inflation.
Synonyms victim, butt, scapegoat, dupe, recipient, focus, object, subject, fair game
Definition of Aunt Sally in US English: Aunt Sallynounˌænt ˈsæliˌant ˈsalē 1A game played in some parts of Britain in which players throw sticks or balls at a wooden dummy. （英国某些地区流行的以棒或球掷向木偶的）投掷萨利大婶游戏 - 1.1 A dummy used in the game of Aunt Sally.
（投掷萨利大婶游戏中的木偶）萨利大婶 - 1.2 A person or thing that is subjected to much criticism, especially one set up as an easy target for it.
〈喻〉众矢之的；（易遭批评的）目标 today's landowner is everyone's Aunt Sally Example sentencesExamples - He said he felt people in public life would always be ‘an Aunt Sally for the public’.
- First opponents of change construct an Aunt Sally, grossly misrepresenting it.
- It appears obvious to me, that Mr Normal has neither the ego nor the wish to become an Aunt Sally, at whom all and sundry are entitled to throw their posies or brickbats.
- As far as the placebo issue is concerned I believe they are using the Food and Drug Administration as an Aunt Sally.
- It may be true that it acted merely as a proxy, an Aunt Sally for fears about enlargement, unemployment, immigration and inflation.
- It's an example of the way in which the British royalty have become an Aunt Sally.
- It's a respectable CV, but in his native land he's something of an Aunt Sally.
Synonyms victim, butt, scapegoat, dupe, recipient, focus, object, subject, fair game
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